On your mark, get set...

Grow!

It's really spring at our house these days and this time it is no April Fools joke! Lilacs, tulips, primrose, bleeding heart and forget-me-nots, Solomon's seal, peonies, trillium and aspargus. So much to take in and enjoy!





As I've mentioned before, Ken and I have been pining away for a grander farm house for quite some time now - one with higher ceilings, wide plank floors and tall windows. We'd love to live in a house with the character and architectural detail still intact despite renovation and modernization.

Today we went to look at this house.

It's an 1855 Carpenter Gothic style summer "cottage" on almost two acres. It has a dramatic entry with an enormous curved staircase and on either side of the stairs are two large parlors. There's a balcony overlooking the front yard, a porch off the dining room and another lovely secluded screened porch off of the kitchen.

The property has several small out buildings, including a little stone structure that may have been an old smoke house back in the day. We were definitely smitten with the charm and the character.

This is the door knocker!

The house has almost everything we could ever want except for the right location - it's right on a major road and about 30 minutes from the college. Also, it has no distant views or a barn.

I mean really, how can we possibly think of giving up this view?
The reality of moving and making a new space our own has once again renewed our resolve to make our present house exactly what we'd like it to be. Time to appreciate what's right in front of us.